I have a problem with wireless and broadcom on this laptop. I don't know from programming so what I do is install Ubuntu 9.04 and then upgrade it, a time consuming process.
The 10.04 LTS boot up tells you to install connected to the ethernet and then go back and get the missing package, but my ethernet connection is partially damaged so that is hard to do. If you go the 9.04 route, install 9.04, then completely update 9.04, then upgrade to the next version (9.10?) then do the upgrades to that version, then upgrade to 10.04 LTS. 10.10 looks like it is more designed for the geeks who have a lot of time to fiddle around with an install. 9.04, which can still be download, has the old file on it and my ethernet card works at once. Be sure to check "keep old settings" every time that it asks or it might delete it. On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 03:34 +0000, Simon Bridge wrote: > There are so many duplicates because each time I upgraded packages apt > would try to install this one ... giving an error message (above) and > offering to report the bug. There are also a lot of complaints about > this on the Ubuntu forums and linuxquestions.org > > This happens after installing the 2.6.35 kernel. I think some of the > dupes will be reporting that where this one reports 2.6.32 ... appears > to be due to headers and libraries not being where the package expects > them. > > Broadcom used to publish a patch for this, but it is no longer available > or I would have attached a copy. That usually means it is fixed ... I'm > guessing that later releases are fine and this is an issue only for the > LTS. > > Completely removing the 2.6.35 kernel allows wireless to work (though > benifits of the upgraded kernel also vanish). It seems I get to choose > between wireless and graphics on this machine (hp envy14). > -- Mark Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695191 Title: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36 bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: bcmwl kernel module failed to build -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
